Text would make certain rifle transfers to people under 21 offenses

A person commits an offense by intentionally or knowingly selling, renting, leasing, giving, or offering to transfer a semiautomatic rifle to someone under 21. The rule covers semiautomatic rifle transfers to people younger than 21. The listed defense for written parental permission or effective consent applies to the separate offense involving transfers to minors under 18 in subsection (a)(2)(A), not the under-21 rifle offense. If enacted, the rule would apply to offenses committed on or after October 1, 2025.

A covered under-21 rifle transfer offense and the specified false-statement offense would be state jail felonies. The text applies this classification to the under-21 semiautomatic rifle transfer offense and the specified false-statement offense. The false-statement offense requires a person who is barred from possessing a firearm to knowingly make a material false statement on a form required for a firearm transfer and submitted to a licensed firearms dealer. If enacted, these classifications would apply to offenses committed on or after October 1, 2025.